From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: sam@ravnborg.org
Cc: raa.lkml@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
per.liden@ericsson.com, allan.stephens@windriver.com
Subject: Re: tipc_config.h requires linux/string.h, which does not exist in exported headers
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:59:26 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071030.145926.219328422.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071030215409.GB19598@uranus.ravnborg.org>
From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:54:09 +0100
> tipc_config.h uses memcpy in an inline function that is
> never used in the kernel.
> I'm awaiting response from tipc people if we can kill
> that inline or we should make it a macro.
> But davem decided just to include tipc_config.h and will now
> sort it out.
I think the thing to do is just __KERNEL__ protect the
<linux/string.h> include and require userspace to
include <string.h> itself when using these headers.
That's what I'm testing right now.
I'm pretty sure those inlines are indeed used by userspace.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-10-30 21:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-10-30 19:13 Alex Riesen
2007-10-30 21:54 ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-10-30 21:59 ` David Miller [this message]
2007-10-30 22:05 ` David Miller
2007-10-30 22:20 ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-10-30 22:31 ` David Miller
2007-10-31 4:14 ` David Miller
2007-10-31 4:56 ` David Miller
2007-10-31 7:37 ` Alex Riesen
2007-10-31 9:46 ` Sam Ravnborg
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